Drag-free spacecraft as platforms for space missions and fundamental physics

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1549-1555

  DeBra, Daniel B ^a  

^a Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial for Computational and Mathematical Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0031527507     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/14/6/026     Document Type: Article

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